Stop & Shop — Local services in Chelmsford

This store used to be great, unfortunately they are price gougers now, hiding exploitative pricing under the national narrative of inflation. That is, while yes grocery prices have increased over 10% during the past 12 months according to BLS CPI component "food at home", Stop & Shop raised their prices far and away beyond this rate in order to take advantage of their customers.

We used to shop here on a near weekly basis and we are now primarily Market Basket customers. It is obvious that many have made this switch, as the number of cars at Stop & Shop has declined while the Market Basket across the street has many more customers at the same time. When we swapped to Market Basket, buying the same general items weekly saved us on average about 20% off our weekly grocery bill.

Here are some items to compare: Cooked rotisserie chicken, $7.99 at Stop & Shop versus $4.69 at Market Basket, yes the MB chicken is a bit smaller but it tastes much better. A dozen organic eggs, $6.39+ at Stop & Shop versus $3.50 to $4 at Market Basket. Top round beef, $3.99/lb at MB versus $7.99/lb at S&S. These are all regular, non sale prices I have seen recently.

One big thing that killed S&S was you used to be able to get good deals if you shopped the sales and weren't picky about brand name or store label. Now, there is less sales and the sales there are really aren't much of a discount compared to what they used to be. So it's a double whammy on top of them jacking the prices for everything sky high far and away beyond the rate of inflation. Truly not sure why anybody...

I went to stop and shop yesterday and me and my daughter got treated really bad im disabled I can’t drive soo I took a lift to stop n shop with the stuff I had bought from another store when I went to pay in line 9 this was about 6:30 pm the lady looks at my car and said oh is all that with a rude attitude I said no is just the stuff on top because the other stuff was from the other store and she told me in a rude way oh why you bring it in here what would you do that call one off the employees and he ask me can I see the receipt I said yes he check all my receipt and bags he told her she has a receipt and and is on bags she continues to complain I told her I don’t have a car I don’t drive I took a lift here the othe person that was packing my groceries was throwing my stuff in the bag they both was very rude and made me and my daughter feel very uncomfortable when I went to pay I told her I have $127 in food stamps the other amount I will pay cash she started complaining again told the girl that was packing to do it she did put it for me to pass the card she told me to hurry up very rude way I spent over $300 in stop and shop and when we was leaving the girl that was packing the food was literally starting and my other bags to see if I stole something very unprofessional shouldn’t have workers working especially if they rude and make people feel uncomfortable you just don’t treat...

I worked and shopped at this store for an entire year before I realized I would never go back again. First of all, the stuff that matters. The meat department is a crock of crap. The "Certified Angus" you pay at least $1.00/lb more for is, in reality, choice beef that looked the best. I did the ordering, and we never ordered "CAB" ANYTHING. The "fresh stew" is yesterday's roasts and steaks, and the chicken smells like it sat in it's own juices for weeks (which it has). So don't waste your money on the "quality" of the meat department, as far as "store brand" goes, it's the same as market basket. The RAW seafood load arrives to the store on TOP of the FRESH PRODUCE, often with cracks and breaks in the packaging. Make your own decisions about that one.

Now, to the employees. First of all, the company starts you off at $8.00/hr. Under minimum wage. Let's just say, they only do $8.00/hr worth of work, and care less than that. The attention that one would prefer in a grocery business is abandoned due to the sub-par skill level of almost every employee from part-time to upper level management. Overall the ignorance and arrogance of the "guys in suits" taking over the store on most days subtracts from any appeal a customer would have of the store.

All in all, there was never a day I walked out of this store without the urge to commit harm to...